The city of Edmonton evidently thinks Albertans are so enamoured of tax increases now that the NDP is in charge that it has proposed increasing property taxes 4.9% a year for each of the next three years. # ~6 q6 A* }" U: a& ?1 [, m$ i; v. a l. \
Mayor Don Iveson insists he runs a lean operation, but the Canadian Federation of Independent Business says spending has increased 74% in the past decade. . Z4 E. J, ^6 y8 H
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Yeah so? You saying that’s not lean?